Qualifications and experience Paddlesport Inland Level 5 training, Level 4, 5* Sea 5* training, 4* Canoe Level 2, 3*, 4* training FSRT provider Aquatic first aid provider Coach tutor for UKCC level 1 & 2 Loads of experience paddling and leading groups in kayaks and duckies on rivers as well as instructing flat water sessions. Personal paddling highlights include the Upper Oetz (Austria), Kakopotahi and Wanganui (New Zealand) and Marsyangdi and Karnali (Nepal). First aid WEMSI Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician REC Advanced (expires October 2010) HSE FAW (expires July 2010) HSE trainer BCU aquatic first aid provider Climbing SPA Sessions for a huge variety groups at venues all over Scotland and north Wales. I've very occasionally been known to lead up to HVS 5b, but tend to whimper much less when I stick to HS. Mountaineering ML (summer) ML (winter) training. In addition to all the usual UK experience, I've meandered round the Dolomites, the Andes, the Falklands and Antarctica Mountain biking TCL training Mining LCMLA level 1 training LCMLA level 2 training Gorge/Swiftwater SRT level 1 SRT advanced Provisional SRT trainer Plenty of experience leading groups in wet and dry gorges. Other bits and pieces Physics degree (MPhys) from Pembroke, Oxford, 4 A-levels (all A). 3 years working as a meteorologist for the British Antarctic Survey, including a 2½ year stint on an Antarctic base. Deputy base commander during winter 2000. Met office weather forecaster for 2½ years, including work for the BBC and RAF. Skiing and paragliding (elementary pilot). Counselling skills course and theraputic crisis intervention course. Leader for the John Muir award. Acoustic guitarist. Basic spoken French and Spanish. Plenty of IT experience, including programming and webpage design. Full clean driving licence with D1+E entitlement and a MIDAS test (valid until 2011).